How To Install dhcp-client on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-client on CentOS 8.
What is dhcp-client
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. This package provides the ISC DHCP client. dhcp-client 12 4.3.6 44.0.1.el8 x86_64 318 k dhcp-4.3.6-44.0.1.el8.src.rpm baseos Provides the ISC DHCP client daemon and dhclient-script http ISC DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. This package provides the ISC DHCP client.
We can use yum or dnf to install dhcp-client on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dhcp-client.
Install dhcp-client on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install dhcp-client using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dhcp-client
Install dhcp-client on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install dhcp-client using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dhcp-client
How To Uninstall dhcp-client on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dhcp-client package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dhcp-client
dhcp-client Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/NetworkManager
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/11-dhclient
/etc/dhcp
/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
/etc/dhcp/dhclient.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/f4b508056816a6a6b0298f515be9a55d518cf3
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/56dhclient
/usr/sbin/dhclient
/usr/sbin/dhclient-script
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/README.dhclient.d
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient-enter-hooks
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient6.conf.example
/usr/share/man/man5/dhclient.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhclient.leases.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhclient-script.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhclient.8.gz
/var/lib/dhclient
References
- [dhcp-client website](http://isc.org/products/DHCP/ http://isc.org/products/DHCP/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-client on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.